Preserving image texture while reducing radiation dose with a deep learning image reconstruction algorithm in chest CT: A phantom study.

Journal: Physica medica : PM : an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology : official journal of the Italian Association of Biomedical Physics (AIFB)
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To assess whether a deep learning image reconstruction algorithm (TrueFidelity) can preserve the image texture of conventional filtered back projection (FBP) at reduced dose levels attained by ASIR-V in chest CT.

Authors

  • Caro Franck
    Department of Radiology, University Hospital Antwerp, Drie Eikenstraat 655, 2650 Edegem, Belgium; mVISION, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Drie Eikenstraat 655, 2650 Edegem, Belgium. Electronic address: caro.franck@uza.be.
  • Guozhi Zhang
    Department of Radiology, KU Leuven University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
  • Paul Deak
    GE Healthcare, Glattbrugg, Switzerland.
  • Federica Zanca
    Palindromo Consulting, Leuven, Belgium.